Sensory Images
Figurative Language
100
Writers incorporate 6 senses into their writing...True or False?
False! Writers incorporate 5 senses.....Sight, smell, touch, hear, and taste.
100
Sometimes writers treat animals, objects, and ideas as people by attributing human qualities to them....This is an example of avoiding cliches....True or False?
False! It is an example of Personification.
200
Using the five senses will help the writer make their word pictures more vivid....True or False?
True!
200
Writers use words that mimic sounds, and sometimes they craft a string of syllables to more accurately represent a sound...this technique is called onomatopoeia....True or False?
True!
300
"The toddler's freckled face..." would be an example of a hearing sense....True or False?
False! The statement listed would be a good example to use for a sight sense!
300
Writers do not create images when they compare something to something else....True or False?
False! Writers do create images when they make comparisons. Two strong types of comparisons are metaphors and similes.
400
Adding sensory information makes the writing more memorable....True or False?
True!
400
Idioms are phrases that have a specific meaning that can be determined by the individual words...True or False?
False! Idioms are phrases that have a specific meaning that CANNOT be determined by individual words.